We take great pleasure in announcing the opening of our annual
photographic competition, in which prizes are to be given for the best
photographs entered in the different classes before February 15, 1897.
Until last year the competition was confined to members of the ROUND
TABLE CAMERA CLUB. At that time it was decided to arrange, in addition
to the competition for the club members, one which should be open to all
amateur photographers who are subscribers to HARPER'S ROUND TABLE. This
arrangement proved so popular that it will be continued this year. The
prizes are as follows:
Open to all subscribers of HARPER'S ROUND TABLE who have not passed
their eighteenth birthday.
CLASS I. CLASS II. CLASS III.
FIGURE STUDIES. LANDSCAPES. MARINES.
First Prize $20 First Prize $12 First Prize $12
Second Prize 10 Second Prize 8 Second Prize 8
Third Prize 5 Third Prize 5 Third Prize 5
Entries for this competition will close February 15, 1897.
RULES OF COMPETITION.
RULE I.--This competition is open to all subscribers of HARPER'S ROUND
TABLE who have not passed their eighteenth birthday.
RULE II.--All photographs offered must be the work of the competitor,
from the exposure of the plate to the mounting of the finished print.
RULE III.--No picture less than 4 by 5 or larger than 8 by 10 must be
sent.
RULE IV.--Any printing process may be used with the exception of the
blue print.
RULE V.--All pictures must be mounted and carriage prepaid.
RULE VI.--Each picture must be marked on the back of the mount with the
name and address of the sender, the class for which it is designed, and
the statement whether the artist has or has not passed his or her
eighteenth birthday. No other writing is required, nor is it necessary
to send a letter with the picture or pictures.
RULE VII.--No picture must be sent which has taken a prize, or has been
submitted for prizes in other competitions.
RULE VIII.--Each competitor may send as many pictures as he chooses.
RULE IX.--In addition to the name and address of the journal the package
must be marked on the outside, "Harper's Round Table Photographic
Competition."
Senior Contest.
Open to all amateur photographers who are subscribers to HARPER'S ROUND
TABLE, without regard to age limit.
CLASS A.--FIGURE STUDIES.
First Prize $20
Second Prize 15
CLASS B.--LANDSCAPES.
First Prize $15
Second Prize 10
Entries for this competition will close February 15, 1897.
RULES OF COMPETITION.
This competition is open to all amateurs, young or old, whether they are
or are not members of the ROUND TABLE CAMERA CLUB. Members of the Camera
Club may send pictures to both competitions.
The other rules governing this competition are the same as those in the
competition open only to members of the Camera Club.
Photographs which do not take prizes, or are not retained for
publication, will be returned to the senders if postage is enclosed.
Any picture which fails to take a prize, the percentage of which is
above seventy, will receive honorable mention.
If you are not a subscriber, send $2 with your picture or pictures, and
give your address, where we will send HARPER'S ROUND TABLE for one year.
Any questions in regard to the competition, or preparing pictures for
the same, will be promptly answered by the editor. Address "Editor of
Camera Club."
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"Afraid?" asked Mrs. Hicks.
"Yes," said Jimmie. "You see, ma'am, my papa says red beef will give me
red cheeks, and I'm afraid brown bread will make a darky out of me."
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"Pat," said Tommie to the gardener, "what is nothing?"
"There ain't any such thing as nothin'," replied Pat; "becaze whin ye
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An absent-minded old gentleman went into a shop to buy a new cane.
"That's a very nice one," he said, picking one up from the counter. "How
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Good-day." And he walked out.
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"What is the baby crying about?" asked his mother.
"He doesn't want to get in the bath-tub without his rubbers on," said
the nurse. "He's afraid he'll get his feet wet."
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A WITTY DECISION.
A good story is told of Dr. Arne, the composer of the English national
hymn "Rule, Britannia." He was called upon one day to judge between two
singers, neither of whom was worthy of a moment's consideration. After
patiently hearing them, he said to one of the contestants,
"You are the worst singer I ever heard in my life."
"Ah!" cried the other, exultingly, "then I win?"
"No," said Dr. Arne. "You can't sing at all."
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"Well, my son," said the Freshman's father, "I am very glad you have
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"Everything, father, except a new set of teeth, and I may be able to get
through the year without losing those that I have," replied the
Freshman.
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Jack got asking his grandmother questions the other night. One of them
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fifty pairs of rubbers before you walked on the grass?"
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important point.
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Li Hung-Chang, the famous Chinaman who visited this country a short time
ago, made quite an impression in England for his wit and apparent
ingenuousness, although it was more than suspected that some of the old
gentleman's remarks were not so bland as they seemed. One incident
especially amused the Britishers. It was when Li Hung-Chang met Joseph
Chamberlain, who affects a monocle. The Chinaman noticed the single
eye-glass, and took it for granted that the Colonial Secretary had lost
the use of one eye, and he offered him his sincere condolences.
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PHILOSOPHIC.
To prophesy the future would
Bring more of evil than of good;
So let us thank our lucky stars
That no such gift our wisdom mars.
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The Irish soldier seems to furnish the story-teller with many an
anecdote. The following incident is said to have occurred at the battle
of Fontenoy, when the great Saxe was the marshal in command.
"The password is 'Saxe,'" said the officer of the guard, as he sent off
an Irish trooper with a message; "don't forget the word."
"Sure I won't, sir," was the reply. "Sacks--my father was a miller."
When he came to the sentinel and was challenged, the Irishman looked
wise, and whispered,
"'Bags,' you spalpeen; let me through!"
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, October 27, 1896, by Various